Ghost Army in the News
Discover Jewish heroes of the secret WWII unit, ‘The Ghost Army’ in new St. Louis exhibit
STL Jewish Light
Thursday, September 12, 2024
In a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in March of 2024, three of the last surviving members of the Ghost Army received the Congressional Gold Medal. Among them were 100-year-old Bernard Bluestein from Illinois and 100-year-old Seymour Nussenbaum from New Jersey. Both men were part of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, a secretive World War II unit known for its creative use of deception to mislead German forces and save thousands of American lives​.